(Adnkronos) – For now, the protest against the regime in Iran, triggered at the end of December in Tehran against currency devaluation, which led thousands of people to demonstrate in city streets since January 8, has subsided.
The end of the protests, as reported by the Institute for the Study of War, was marked by the violent repression by security forces in which thousands of people were killed (3,428 according to Iran Human Rights) while an internet blackout has been imposed across the country for over 180 hours, as documented by Netblocks Monitor.
Similarly, the threat of a US military intervention has subsided, a result of assurances from Tehran regarding a halt to mass executions and pressure exerted by Gulf allies, in an effort led by Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar.
“The regime’s vast mobilization of security forces is not sustainable, however, and this makes a resumption of protests possible,” write analysts at the Washington-based think tank that has followed the crisis’s evolution.
Iranian authorities led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “have committed one of the greatest crimes of our time,” denounced the director of Iran Human Rights, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, citing “the horrific accounts of witnesses, with protesters killed while trying to escape, the use of military weapons, and the street killing of wounded activists.”
